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IMPLEMBNT Poe REMOVING BUTTON PASTBNBRS. No. 389,145. Patented Sept. 4,1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY S. GINTHER, OF DUQUOIN, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MICHAELJ. SCHRADER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPLEMENT FOR REMOVING BUTTON-FASTENERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,145, datedSeptember 4, 1888.

Application tiled June 7, 1888. Serial No. 276,325. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. HENRY S. GINTHER, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Duquoin, in the county of Perry and Stateoflllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inImplements for Removing Metallic Button-Fasteners; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such to as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, 'and to letters or figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specitcation.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inimplements for cutting and removing the button-fasteners from shoes orother objects to which they may be 2o attached.

The object of my invention is to provide an implement by means of whichmetallic buttonfasteners can be severed and removed from the leather,and which will at the same time hold the button between the cuttingjawsof the implement. The device is also provided with an awl located in orattached to one of the handles, so that it can be projected out of thehandle when it is desired to 3o remove portions of the fasteningdevices, and

l my invention, with the above objects in view,

consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will behereinafter fully set forth,and specifically pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is plan View. Fig. 2 is asectional View taken through the line a: c of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is asectional view taken through the line i/ y of Fig. l. Figs. 4 and 5 areviews showing the cutters removed and applied.

rlhe implement consists of handles A and A, which are pivoted to eachother, after the manner of ordinary pliers, by a screw or rivet, a,which forms a fulcrum, on the opposite side of which pivot are formedthe cutting-jaws B B. These cutting-jaws are convex on their undersides, the upper sides being formed with concave hollow spaces, which,when the jaws are united, form a receptacle for the retention o of thebutton at the time of cutting and after the metallic fastening has beencut.

Above the upper sides of the cuttingjaws extends a shield, C, which maybe secured to the handle by the pivot or screw a. This shield O has anopening formed in the end portion of the same over the cutting-jaws,through which the button can be seen, and will be retained thereby inthe space when severed from the fastening. The cutting-jaws may beformed integral with the handles, or 6o they may be formed, as shown inFig. 5, with dovetailed projections, which will enter dovetailedrecesses formed in the jaws B B, as fully illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5.

The handle A of the implement is provided with au opening,e,within whichmay be placed an awl,f, one end of the same bearing upon a spiralspring, s, for projecting the same out of the opening. The outer end ofthis opening is screw-threaded for the reception of a 7o tubularscrew-threaded cap, s', through which the awl passes. The head of theawl engages with the cap to prevent the same falling out ofthe opening.This awl is held either in or out of the opening by a set-screw, g. Theend of the handle A which carries the awl is provided with a projection,h, which extends beyond the point of the awl when the same is retracted,for preventing the hand of the operator coming in contact therewith.

Vhen it is desired to remove a button from a shoe, the cutting-jaws areplaced over the metallic fastening, so that the shank of the button willlie within the recess formed in the jaws and under the shield, and bypressing S5 the jaws together the metallic fastener will be cut toremove the button therefrom, and said button will lie between the jawsand under the shield when severed. After the button is cut from thefastener the parts of the fastener re- 9o maining attached to theleather can be readily removed by the awl being inserted under andelevating them, the rounded end of the handle being used as a fulcrum inremoving these fastenings.

The shield C may be attached to one of the jaws in any suitable manner7and moves with the jaw to which it is attached.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters rco Patent, is-

1. In a device for removing metallic butthe spring, a tubularretention-cap, s', and a set-screw, g, substantially as described. r 53. The implement herein described, having a chambered handle, an awlinserted in said chamber', with a spring aitthe rear thereof, and a setscrew, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 2o presence of twowitnesses.

'HENRY S. GINTHER.

Witnesses:

R. W. S. WHEATLEY, ELMER BISHOP.

